"It is written"....."God" whispered it in someone's ear and that guy wrote about it.
Now honestly....imagine a guy standin' on your street corner, yellin' about the "end of the world" and "God hates sinners".......and "tip the hat if you can". You'd go, "Oh bless the Lord and his Prophet".....right?
Who knows how all this religion shit really started, but here's what we DO know..............